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- Updated: October 10, 2016
Wayne Rooney will be left out of England’s starting line-up for their World Cup Qualifier in Slovenia, according to Sky sources.
Rooney, the team captain and country’s leading goalscorer, will be named on the substitutes’ bench for the game in Ljubljana with Gareth Southgate likely to name Eric Dier and Jordan Henderson as his two deep-lying central midfielders.
It is understood Southgate was waiting to see if Dier and Henderson made it through a session at Tottenham’s training ground in Enfield on Monday morning before deciding on his team selection.
England beat Malta 2-0 in Southgate’s first game in temporary charge on Saturday but …
